On the Home Front: A Mother's Story of Everyday American Life from Prohibition Through World War II

by Mary Jo Clark and Jack Clark

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A Chicago cabdriver shares his mother's charming, homespun tales of history shaping everyday life, defining an era and a generation. "Did I tell you about when President Harding died? I was nine. August, 1923. We lived on Flournoy Street..." So begins one of Mary Jo Clark's oral snapshots of her uniquely American life. Born in 1914 on Chicago's West Side to first-generation Irish immigrants, Mary Jo was the fourth of seven children. Her father Jack...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0452283124

ISBN13:9780452283121

Release Date:March 2002

Publisher:Plume Books

Length:220 Pages

Weight:0.54 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 7.2"

Related Subjects

20th Century Arts & Literature Authors Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Historical History Specific Groups Women

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